Another Interesting Vehicle From Captain James V. Martin

The 1948 Martin Stationette built by Captain James V. Martin had with a 4 cylinder Hercules engine that could reach speeds of 60 miles per hour, the Staionette had just one rear wheel and a wooden body that was built by Biehl Auto Body of Reading, Pennsylvania. To keep cost low there were no shock absorbers or driveshaft. The support of the vehicle was a Monocoque construction a technique that uses the shell of the vehicle to provide the structural support where a body on frame construction the frame provides the structural support.

In 1954 the Martin Stationette was called "America's Car of the Future". The price of the Stationette was $995 (the average cost of a car in 1954 was $1700), its not known how many were actually built. In 1974 there was only one left in exsistance.